Student Homework

Hello Gr. 3 Parents/Guardians,

As many of you already know, we have been studying government systems in action in our Gr. 3 class. We have been doing this by discussing democracy (in Social Studies) and by having student elections for a class president as well.

As such, we are in the midst of a new class president election. Students have been asked to conduct some research on our 4 countries (Peru, Ukraine, Tunisia & India). The websites that they will need to use have been posted on the blog below. Once the students have discovered something new and interesting that they didn't know before they can conduct some research on that topic using any websites or resources they may like. Students have been instructed that parents can help with the research portion only. Students are to independently write a 1 page report on their interesting fact. From there, we will have a class vote on who did the best write up. This activity will not be done for summative marks.

On a separate subject, students have been asked to use their skills of inquiry to make a musical instrument of any kind. I know many of you know about this already but I felt this would be a fun way to learn more about Hearing & Sound and let the students think critically themselves. They will be marked on creativity and overall effort.

Thanks for all you do!

Mr. H.

Harlem Shake

Ok Gr. 3's and Gr. 3 Parents/Guardians,

Here's what I know many of you have been waiting for. For our class Easter party we decided to copy a huge YouTube fad right now and make our very own Gr. 3 Harlem Shake video. I think it was a lot of fun and the kids sure enjoyed it. Brace yourself, its silly but a little bit of silly goes a long way in motivating these energetic young kids. 

Happy watching......

Mr. H.

Social Websites

Here are some great websites with lots of resources for what we are learning this year in Social studies:

http://www.2learn.ca/kids/

Gr. 3 Social Studies


Mr. H